Luke 13:9

perhaps it may then produce fruit: but if it does not, afterwards thou shalt cut it down.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.

In Context

8He answering said to him, Sir, let it e’en remain this year, until that I dig around it, and spread some manure:

10And he was teaching in one of the synagogues, on the sabbath.

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Cross References

1 Thessalonians 2:15who both murdered the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us, and please not God, and are in opposition to all mankind;

Revelation 15:3And they sung the sacred ode of Moses the servant of the Lord, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, O Lord God Almighty; righteous and true are thy ways, O King of saints.

Matthew Henry on Luke 13:7-10

The Barren Fig-Tree. 6 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. 7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? 8 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: 9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it… Read the whole commentary →

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